Welcome to your resource for Pips, the newest game in the New York Times collection. Launched in August 2025, Pips takes an innovative approach to dominoes, offering an enjoyable single-player experience that may become your next daily gaming routine. At present, if you find yourself stuck, the game only allows you to uncover the complete puzzle, pushing you to advance to a higher difficulty level and restart. Nonetheless, we’ve got you covered! Below are segmented answers that will function as clues, helping you navigate through each difficulty tier.

How to engage with Pips

If you have ever engaged in a game of dominoes, you’ll be somewhat acquainted with how Pips operates. As mentioned in our earlier hint articles for Pips, the tiles, akin to dominoes, can be arranged vertically or horizontally and connect with one another. The primary distinction between a conventional game of dominoes and Pips lies in the color-coded requirements that you must fulfill. The adjacent tiles do not necessarily need to correspond.

The requirements you must satisfy are based on the color-coded areas. For instance, if it displays a single digit, every side of a tile in that section must total the indicated number. It is possible — and frequent — for only a portion of a tile to lie within a color-coded area. Here are typical instances you’ll encounter throughout the difficulty levels:

– Number: All the pips in this area must sum to the number.
– Equal: Every domino half in this area must showcase the same number of pips.
– Not Equal: Every domino half in this area must showcase entirely different numbers of pips.
– Less than: Every domino half in this area must total less than the specified number.
– Greater than: Every domino half in this area must total more than the specified number.

If a section lacks any color coding, it signifies there are no stipulations regarding the segments of dominoes within those areas.

Easy difficulty hints, answers for April 26 Pips

– Number (9): All components in this purple area must sum to 9. The solution is 5-5, oriented vertically; 4-2, oriented vertically.
– Equal (6): Each domino half in this red area must possess 6 pips. The solution is 6-6, oriented vertically; 6-1, oriented horizontally.
– Number (2): All components in this light blue area must total 2. The solution is 4-2, oriented vertically; 0-1, oriented vertically.
– Equal (1): Each domino half in this yellow area must contain 1 pip. The solution is 6-1, oriented horizontally; 0-1, oriented vertically.

Medium difficulty hints, answers for April 26 Pips

– Number (6): All components in this purple area must sum to 6. The solution is 2-0, oriented horizontally; 4-6, oriented horizontally.
– Number (10): All components in this red area must total 10. The solution is 5-2, oriented vertically; 5-1, oriented vertically.
– Number (6): The domino half in this light blue area must contain 6 pips. The solution is 4-6, oriented horizontally.
– Number (3): All components in this yellow area must sum to 3. The solution is 5-2, oriented vertically; 5-1, oriented vertically.
– Number (6): All components in this dark blue area must total 6. The solution is 3-1, oriented vertically; 3-5, oriented horizontally.
– Number (6): All components in this green area must sum to 6. The solution is 3-5, oriented horizontally; 1-0, oriented vertically.
– Number (6): All components in this purple area must total 6. The solution is 3-1, oriented vertically; 1-4, oriented horizontally.

Hard difficulty hints, answers for April 26 Pips

– Equal (2): Each domino half in this purple area must hold 2 pips. The solution is 2-2, oriented horizontally; 2-6, oriented vertically; and 2-1, oriented vertically.
– Number (4): All components in this red area must sum to 4. The solution is 1-6, oriented vertically; 3-0, oriented vertically.
– Equal (6): Each domino half in this light blue area must contain 6 pips. The solution is 2-6, oriented vertically; 1-6, oriented vertically; 6-6, oriented vertically; 6-0, oriented vertically; and 6-3, oriented horizontally.
– Equal (0): Each domino half in this yellow area must have 0 pips. The solution is 3-0, oriented vertically; 6